shiv sena (Uddhav balasaheb Thackeray) leader sanjay raut is an mp from Rajya Sabha. He is considered very close to uddhav Thackeray. shiv sena can field UBT sanjay raut in the upcoming lok sabha elections.
He can contest elections from North east lok sabha seat of Mumbai. There was a big rebellion in uddhav Thackeray's party in june 2022. Many MLAs and MPs of his party had joined Eknath Shinde's faction. Raut stood by uddhav thackeray even in the most difficult times. There are total 48 lok sabha seats in Maharashtra. Of these, bjp currently has the maximum of 23 seats. shiv sena had won 18 seats. shiv sena is included in UBT india alliance. After the distribution of seats in the alliance, shiv sena UBT can field candidates on 20-25 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha.
karti chidambaram accused of giving visa to 250 Chinese...
karti chidambaram, son of former Union Finance minister P chidambaram, is an mp from Sivagangai lok sabha seat of tamil Nadu. Sivagangai seat belonged to Karti's father P. Chidambaram. P chidambaram has held this seat from 1984 to 2009 except in 1999.
Karti came into limelight in 2012 when bjp leader Subramanian Swamy accused him of taking advantage in the Aircel-Maxis deal. karti chidambaram is accused of giving visas to 263 Chinese citizens to work on a power project in punjab, for which Rs 50 lakh was taken. cbi has also taken action on this matter earlier. Now ED has started tightening the noose in the case.
This incident happened in 2011 when Vedanta Group company was setting up a 1980 MW thermal power plant in punjab with the help of a Chinese company. The project was already quite late. Experts were needed to start the plant on time. It is alleged that for this a company official contacted someone close to Karti. After this the company wrote a letter to the home Ministry and within a month a total of 263 project visas were issued. Rules were ignored in this work. It is also alleged that a bribe of Rs 50 lakh was demanded for this work. Which was sent to chennai by the company through a fake bill.